By Dr. Peter A. Myers My first memory living in Albany is when I was five years old. We lived on Orlando Avenue. The year was 1939 and I entered kindergarten in School 27 on Western Avenue. After a year, we moved to First Street, near Quail Street, and I was a student at School […]
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THE JOHN A. HOWE LIBRARY The South End of Albany in the decade of the 1950s By MARY ELLEN O’CONNOR There were two libraries within walking distance from my house on Park Avenue: the Catholic Union Free Library on Eagle Street and the John A. Howe Library on Schuyler Street. Sometimes my father would take […]
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submitted by Rita (Harzynski)Lawrence On any given Sunday afternoon during the warm weather months in the year of 1929 Papa would gather two empty gallon jugs and we would set out to fill them with spring water. Our jaunt would take us outside the city limits about twelve blocks from our home at 234 First […]
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Submitted by Michael J. Sheehan Jr. My universe during the 1930s and 40s centered on the corner of Morris and Partridge Streets in Albany. Those were the “Big Depression” years, but we didn’t know it as pre-teens and early teenagers because everyone seemed to be enjoying life as it was at that time. We had […]
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Submitted by Dennis Fiato I spent the first 10 years of my life, 1943-1953, in the south of end of Albany on Wilbur St. bordered by Grand, Phillip, Elm, and Westero Streets. It was an Italian section of Albany. My grandmother lived next door and I had aunts and uncles a block away. My grandmother […]
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My grandmother, Mary E. Maguire, lived almost her entire 94 years in Albany. The city was her home and although I grew up in Colonie, she made it seem like my home, too. Grandma was what people might call a “character”. She led a charmed life, somehow crossing streets without looking, and navigating with no […]
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Submitted by Claudia Bubniak Thornton Those were the days, in the late 50s, early 60s … when kids could wander around all day with no worries. So long as you were home in time for dinner, there were no questions asked. My family lived on lower Lancaster Street. Eventually Governor Rockefeller’s South Mall project took […]
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Submitted by Rosemary Armao, a University at Albany professor and resident of Colonie. She writes a blog at http://blog.timesunion.com/armao/ While West Albany is officially in the town of Colonie, it’s just across the I-90 highway from Albany. Passionate and partisan fighting has engulfed Congress today over the contentious issues connected to health care reform, including […]
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